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The South Dakota Office of Highway Safety just can't take its own suggestive joke. The government organization recently started a public service campaign with the far too easily mocked name Don't Jerk and Drive. It was supposed to educate drivers on how to handle hitting snowy or icy patches of road by not overcorrecting the steering wheel, but the double entendre was deemed too racy for the roads.

AAA prides itself on its rapid response time for stranded motorists, but when it comes to taking a position on the brewing ethanol-gasoline blend issue, the group continues to say "wait a minute." In this case, AAA is accusing the American Petroleum Institute (API) of misstating AAA's position on allowing for higher ethanol blends, saying that a new ad campaign positions AAA "anti-ethanol," Domestic Fuel says. Of course, the ads are being run in South Dakota, which is among a group of Midwestern

Long may you run, Neil. That's our take on reports of Rock n' Roll Hall of Famer Neil Young cruising around the country in his 1959 Lincoln Continental that's been converted to run on cellulosic ethanol, or biofuel made from wood, grass and non-edible parts of plants.

If you're driving to see relatives near Baltic, South Dakota (because, honestly, there isn't too much else to see or do there), you'll be able to fill up your tank with cheap E85 just before Thanksgiving. Midway Service Station at 525402 475th Avenue in Baltic is offering E85 at $1.85 a gallon from 3 pm until 6 pm on Wednesday. The first 25 people, moreover, will be able to fill up even cheaper, at $0.85 a gallon.

A team of South Dakota mechanics from Yankton Auto Machine earned second-place honors in an engine-building contest with a motor that runs on ethanol. Problems with the engine efficiency tests proved to be a setback but the team still built an engine that scored well enough in the horsepower test. There were six teams in the contest sponsored by the American Engine Rebuilders Assn.

South Dakota is making it a little bit
easier to see Mt. Rushmore or the Corn Palace in a green car. The state office of tourism is mailing out up to 3,000
$20 ethanol vouchers to drivers to spend when they fill up with some sort of ethanol-related fuel in South Dakota. As
of today, there are 64 participating gas stations in the state, but more are promised.